Urban Culture and Music

Unathi Mgadi

The lyrical genius Pro on his latest single Pholas said, "For the two gods that never collided of course but combined with forces" and that seems to be the case with Botswana's legendary DJ Khenzo, who picked arguably one of the most gifted penman and fellow countryman, Orakle. Their brand

Giving back to the hip hop world is a culture that is growing tremendously well from mainstream artists within the African continent and Namibian rapper, J Black is following in those footsteps. In celebration of his album Black By Popular Demand - which dropped last year - he is throwing

Signed to Chocolate City, the Kenyan beau and talented songstress, Victoria Kimani has released Giving You featuring arguably the fastest emcee in the continent representing Ghana, Sarkodie. She did one better and dropped a video on YouTube over a day ago that has generated over 13 000 views already. The

Vanessa Mdee representing the heart of Tanzania, known for her potent vocal ability has blessed us with a festive song Cash Madame and she seems to be following in Beyoncé Knowles' steps by dropping a music video to generate hype. The girls are on that Set It Off tip, however,

When emcees from the underground break into the mainstream sphere, they mostly focus on what's making them money and neglect showcasing skills. However, that's not the case with Kenyan lyrical beast, Khaligraph Jones, whom opted to share his cypher days video clips with us. Situated in a designated area with

With Kenyan rapper, entrepreneur and philanthropist Octopizzo set to launch REFUGEENIUS, his new offering that contains a pool of various refugee artists from South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somali, Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo on the 3rd of December at the Prestige Plaza in Nairobi. Here is a taste from the

Your top ten illest emcees from Ghana should have the name EL on it, if you still want to remain knowledgable within the Hip Hop, Hiplife and Azonto genres. He dropped a brand new jam titled Yaa School that is highly influenced by the Azonto genre which is one of

The festive season is imminent and how about you get down and boogie to the sounds of Parking Lot Pimping by Botswana rapper, Chrome, who partnered up with producer F.A.T. This song is highly coloured with the Motswako flavour and is embracing those that create their own good